Application setup
NOTE the preferred way to create a new defmt application is to use our app-template.
These steps are for using defmt on an existing application.
Cargo features
Add these Cargo features to your app's Cargo.toml:
# Cargo.toml
# under the features section, copy these
[features]
# ↓↓↓↓↓
defmt-default = []
defmt-trace = []
defmt-debug = []
defmt-info = []
defmt-warn = []
defmt-error = []
# ↑↑↑↑↑
Linker script
The application must be linked using a custom linking process that includes the defmt.x linker script.
Custom linking is usual for embedded applications and configured in the .cargo/config file.
To pass defmt.x to the linker add the -C link-arg=-Tdefmt.x flag to the rustflags section of .cargo/config.
# .cargo/config
[target.thumbv7m-none-eabi]
rustflags = [
# likely, there's another `link-arg` flag already there; KEEP it
"-C", "link-arg=-Tlink.x",
"-C", "link-arg=-Tdefmt.x", # <- ADD this one
]
#[global_logger]
The application must link to or define a global_logger.
The global_logger specifies how logs are sent from the device running the app to the host where the logs are displayed.
The application must link to exactly one global_logger.
The global_logger can appear anywhere in the dependency graph and usually it will be its own crate.
The following global_loggers are provided as part of the project:
defmt-rtt, logs over RTT. Note that this crate can not be used together withrtt-target.defmt-semihosting, logs over semihosting. Meant only for testingdefmton a virtual Cortex-M device (QEMU).
Information about how to write a global_logger can be found in the #[global_logger] section.
Enabling logging
All logging is disabled by default.
Logging can be enabled at the crate level.
At the very least you'll want to enable logging for the top level application crate so we recommend adding defmt-default to your crate's default feature.
# Cargo.toml
[features]
default = [
"defmt-default", # <- ADD this feature
]
More information about log filtering can be found in the Filtering section.